FT Banking Weekly

In this week's podcast: What options are on the table for troubled Franco-Belgian lender Dexia? Also on the show, the world’s biggest banks begin to make living wills, UBS forecasts profits despite trading loss and we round-up the latest merger and acquisitions activity.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Brooke Masters, Anousha Sakoui and Stanley Pignal.Produced by Emily Cadman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: Trading losses at Swiss Bank UBS underline the need for banking reform; and, Lloyds Banking Group finance director, Tim Tookey, resigns.Presented by Brooke Masters with Sharlene Goff and Sam Jones.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's podcast is a Vickers report special with Patrick Jenkins, Sharlene Goff and Brooke Masters.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US Federal Housing Finance Agency hits banks with lawsuits over the selling of mortgage bonds in the run-up to the credit crisis; the sale of shares in UK banks - Lloyds and RBS - looks to be on hold; and, with just a week to go before publication of Sir John Vickers’ report on banking reform - we ask, what should we expect?Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Megan Murphy and Sharlene Goff.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s podcast: Intervention by the ECB to soothe markets; the US and the country’s downgrading - just how big a deal is it?; plus, what impact has the financial turmoil had on the banking sector - and what next?Presented by Sharlene Goff with Richard Milne and Jennifer Hughes in London and Helen Thomas in New York with Sateside.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: HSBC and results delivered today by new chief executive, Stuart Gulliver; we look forward to the rest of the UK banking sector as we anticipate what results are likely to be published later this week; and, we discuss the job cuts being announced across the banking sector in Europe.Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins and Sharlene Goff in the studio in London and Dan McCrum in New York with Stateside.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s podcast: We look at the EU plan for enacting the Basel III capital requirements into law; we discuss EU investment banks which look set to report falls in trading revenue; and, we consider the auctions for Northern Rock and the sale of Lloyds’ branches - both heating up this week.Presented by Sharlene Goff with Megan Murphy and Brooke Masters in London and Tom Braithwaite in New York in Stateside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s podcast: we concentrate on the results of the European bank stress tests, which were released on Friday; we anticipate numbers of the second quarter earnings for 2011; and, we take a look at Lloyds and the process of selling 632 branches.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Megan Murphy and Brooke Masters in the studio in London and Tom Braithwaite with Stateside in New York.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s podcast: We look at Santander’s plans to tackle poor customer service in the UK by rerouting its call centres from India to three locations in Britain; Eurozone ministers meet in Brussels today to consider default as part of the Greek rescue plan; and, speculation over who will succeed Deutsche Bank’s chief executive, Josef Ackermann, could be over.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Brooke Masters, Megan Murphy and Michael Kavanagh in the studio in London and Dan McCrum with Stateside in New York.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's show: the confusion over Greece's debt - when is a default a default? Axel Weber goes to UBS - leaving Deutsche Bank in a succession tailspin. And how will the UK's new Financial Conduct Authority work?Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Megan Murphy, Brooke Masters and Richard Milne. Produced by Rob Minto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brady plan II: French banks ride to Greece’s rescue; with a high-risk loan book, where next for Lloyds? And so much for Lehman Sisters as board diversity plans are shelvedPresented by Megan Murphy, with Patrick Jenkins, Sharlene Goff, and Helen Thomas from New York. Produced by Rob Minto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s podcast: the deepening debt crisis in Greece and discussions about a second bailout; the world’s biggest banks face a capital surcharge of up to three percent; and, as the UK chancellor George Osborne announces his backing of ring-fencing retail banks, we ask, will this make the sector safer?This week's US update, Stateside, is by Justin Baer.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Brooke Masters and David OakleyProduced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: how UK bank lending targets are more complicated than you might think; new FT research shows the global changes in bankers’ pay; and when will bank stocks become fashionable again?Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Megan Murphy and Kate BurgessProduced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: Errors in data force delay in EU bank stress tests; Northern Rock to be sold alongside Lloyds branches; And as an EU law is being drawn up to impose the new Basel III requirements, we look at how European banks are preparing to accommodate the new rules.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff and Brooke Masters.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s podcast: UK banks are under fire again from the government over the amount of lending they are doing; Deutsche Bank has its AGM on Thursday amid growing speculation that Jo Ackermann is about to signal his retirement as chief executive; plus, former RBS chief Sir Fred Goodwin finds himself at the centre of the furore over super injunctions.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Brooke Masters and Sharlene Goff in London, James Wilson in Frankfurt and Helen Thomas in New York with Stateside.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: the International Monetary Fund faces disruption following the arrest of its head Dominique Strauss-Kahn; RBS boss Stephen Hester denies rumours of early exit from post; big banks take on capital surcharges.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Brooke Masters and Chris Giles in London and Justin Baer in New York with Stateside.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: UK banks drop their PPI appeal: will the floodgates open on compensation? HSBC profits fall short; what to do with defunct banks.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Brooke Masters and Sharlene Goff in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: As implications of the interim report, delivered last week by the Independent Commission on Banking, are fully realised, we ask what will the landscape of UK retail banking look like this time next year; we return to a favourite topic of the podcast - location, location, location; and we look at the Church of England's criticism of bankers' pay.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy in the studio and Helen Thomas in New York for Stateside.Produced by LJ FilotraniNext episode of Banking Weekly is on May 9 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's show: The FT’s banking team discuss the Vickers report: what it means for Lloyds, capital ratios, high street customers and politics.Presented by Megan Murphy with Sharlene Goff and Jennifer Hughes. Stateside is by Francesco Guerrera.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: Italy steps up pressure on its banks to boost their core tier one capital ahead of European Union stress tests starting this month; Ireland's banks look for another bail out to the tune of €24bn; in the UK, speculation increases ahead of the Banking Commission's interim report due out next week.US banking update, Stateside, is by Justin Baer this week.Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins and Sharlene Goff in the studio and Rachel Sanderson in Milan.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the podcast this week: The evolving regulatory probe into the rate at which Libor was charged amid the crisis; bank capital and the investors mounting concerns that regulators are asking banks to hold too much capital; Ireland - Irish bank stress tests are due later this week, we predict what they might reveal.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: With details finally released last week on the new stress tests, we ask whether the European Banking Authority has made the tests strict enough; we look at Sir John Vickers and the increasing pressure he is under to reconsider proposals for a structural reorganisation of the banks; we look at the new takeover code - put in place to provide a transparent legal framework for substantial acquisition and takeover of publicly listed companies.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Megan Murphy and Sharlene Goff in the studio and bringing us news of the US banking sector, Suzanne Kapner in New York.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's show: EU stress tests - we discuss what key parts of the new tests are likely to be unveiled this week and we look at what was agreed in the meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, on Saturday, to stem the potential deepening economic crisis in Greece, Ireland and Portugal.Presented by Sharlene Goff with Patrick Jenkins and Brooke Master in the studio and Dan McCrum in New York.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: Barclay's chief executive, Bob Diamond and his £7m bonus; HSBC and rumours about relocation: EU stress tests - changes to make them more robust.Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins and Brooke Masters.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: Northern Rock's return to riskier lending; HSBC and its full year results; Middle East investors and tension in Italy over UniCredit.Stateside is by Justin Baer.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff and Lina Saigo in the studio and Rachel Sanderson in Milan.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: Results from the UK's two state-backed lenders, RBS and Lloyds; banks looking to sell more products to fewer clients on the back of M&A mandates; the spike in emergency lending by the ECB to Ireland's two embattled lenders, Anglo Irish and Irish Nationwide.Stateside is by Suzanne Kapner.Presented by Megan Murphy with Sharlene Goff, Jennifer Hughes and Lina Saigol.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We look at Credit Suisse and cocos; Barclays and its annual results; Project Merlin.Stateside is by Dan McCrum in New York.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff and Jennifer Hughes.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: The row over bankers pay reignited by news of Barclays chief Bob Diamond's £9.5m bonus; Project Merlin and news on how the initiative is faring; EU bank results.Stateside is by Francesco Guerrera this week.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Megan Murphy and Sharlene Goff.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We take a look back at last week's World Economic Forum event in Davos; we hear from Lord Levene about his new high street banking venture, NBNK; we discuss reactions from the City about suggestions from the Banking Commission about breaking up the UK's big banks.Stateside is brought to you by Justin Baer in New York.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We take a look at what's likely to be on the agenda for the banking sector at the World Economic Forum in Davos; we shed light on Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond's proposals for overhauling the way it pays its top bankers; we look at Sir John Vickers and his speech on Saturday about the merits of ring fencing bank activities.Stateside is brought to you by Justin Baer from New York.This week's guest is Mark Spelman, global head of strategy from consulting company Accenture.Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins, Sharlene Goff and Jennifer Hughes.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: How insurance companies are potentially providing banks with a new source of liquidity; the latest news from the Basel committee and contingent convertible capital otherwise known as 'cocos' and hybrid debt; JP Morgan results released on Friday and a look forward to other US bank results due at the end of this week.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff, Brooke Masters and Paul J Davies.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: As banks prepare to pay out annual bonuses estimated to total as much as £7bn, we ask whether UK prime minister David Cameron's comments about not wanting to "micromanage" the financial sector were prudent.We also look at UK bank lending to SMEs and we end the show with the new stress tests planned for US and European banks.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast: The last Banking Commission's road show and Barclays chief John Varley's suggestion that the era of free banking in the UK is at an end; more trouble for Spanish banks as JC Flowers pulls out of an investment deal with caja Banca Civica; George Osborne and his attempts to improve relations between the government and the City by not instating a new tax on bank bonuses or increasing the planned £2.5bn levy.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We talk about cross-border clamp downs on insider trading, we take a punt at what might be revealed in this week's Banking Commission roadshow in the City, the last of 5 and we start with reaction to the EU €85bn bailout for Ireland.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Brooke Masters, Sharlene Goff and Jennifer Hughes in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How will the UK's banking commission and the Walker report change the UK’s banking sector? Plus Ireland - what can be done to avert an even deeper crisis?Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Megan Murphy and Jennifer Hughes. Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: bankers' pay is again the focus of the regulators - but is cutting pay a risk any bank can take? And with banks surely facing liquidity issues, are they likely to cut down on long-term lending in preference of roll-over funding as suggested in a new McKinsey report. Lastly, Ireland's fiscal crisis - is the worst over, and where do Irish banks go from here?Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins, Brooke Masters and Anousha Sakoui.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast: The FSA and another high profile departure - David Strachan; the last of the European banks to report their results, Barclays; Basel III and its impact on trade finance and we end the show with a look at Nomura and potential acquisition targets in America.Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins, Sharlene Goff and Brooke Masters in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We talk about Lloyds and RBS ahead of announcements about their quarterly results, we look at movements in leadership in some of the big banks and we finish the show with a look at what came our of the hearing of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors held last week.Stateside is brought to you by Justin Baer.Presented by Patrick Jenkins with Sharlene Goff and Megan Murphy in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We look at the banks reactions to levy announced last week and at some of the potential issues the UK government is yet to address, we talk to Simon Bailey from consultancy company Logica about regulation and lessons learnt since 2008 and we take a look at how banks are going about raising the capital in order to fulfil regulations set out by Basel III. Stateside is brought to you by Justin Baer.Presented by Megan Murphy with Sharlene Goff and Anousha Sakoui in the studio and guest Simon Bailey, director of payments and transaction banking at Logica.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We talk about the proposed break-up of the Financial Services Authority with the consultation process drawing to a close today. We ask whether the issues of who is to be responsible for what will be cleared up. Then we look at the Financial Reporting Council's Stewardship Code - designed to ramp up investors' engagement with companies in the aftermath of the crisis. We end the show on the supposed exodus of bankers from London. We ask whether people are really heading for the doors.Stateside this week is by Justin BaerPresented by Megan Murphy with Brooke Masters and Miles JohnsonProduced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's show: Richard Lambert of the CBI is calling for an end to banker bashing. Is it time to move on? After SocGen and Kerviel, have banking systems got better at spotting rogue traders? Bankers pay: will the restriction on bonuses create pay problems for European banks? Plus: US bank earnings in Stateside.Banking weekly is presented by Patrick Jenkins, with studio guests Megan Murphy, the FT's investment banking correspondent, and regulatory correspondent Brooke Masters; plus Francesco Guerrera, US business editor in New York.Produced by Rob Minto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Swiss authorities have pushed up the capital requirements for their two biggest banks beyond Basel III - but will it create another set of problems? Can "too big to fail" ever be globally resolved? And can a compact between bankers and the public repair the sector's tarnished image? Also - Justin Baer reports from Wall Street in Stateside.Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick Jenkins and Brooke Masters in London, and Justin Baer in New YorkProduced by Rob Minto and Fiona Scott Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How has the shake-up at HSBC gone down with investors? The UK's banking commission has set out its stall - but what can it do? UniCredit is looking for a new chief executive - we discuss the options. Plus Stateside with Justin Baer: what will be the impact of the movie Wall Street 2?Presented by Patrick Jenkins; with Miles Johnson, Rachel Sanderson in Milan, and Justin Baer in New York. Produced by Rob Minto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s podcast: We look at the predicted effect the UK immigration cap is likely to have on the vast numbers of non-EU workers employed in the City. We ask what this will mean for the big banks. We hear from our office in New York in our new weekly feature Stateside - with Justin Baer reporting back on the week’s top banking stories in America. We then look at securitisation, the state of Northern Rock and the plans that the Banking Commission has up its sleeve.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Jennifer Hughes in the studio and Justin Baer in New York.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We discuss the impact the new capital rules announced yesterday in Basel will have, if any, on the banks of Europe. We then talk about Bob Diamond's new position as chief executive of Barclays - we ask whether the move to put an investment banker at the helm is a significant indicator of where the future of the bank lies. We hear from our New York office about a series of features running in the Financial Times to mark the bank mergers of 2008 following the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Lastly we talk about Stephen Green's decision to trade in his position as chairman of HSBC for a position as one of Cameron's ministers.Guest: Arturo de Frias - head of banks research for investment bank Evolution SecuritiesIn the studio: Brooke Masters the FT's chief regulations correspondent and Sharlene Goff, the FT's retail banks correspondentReport on the bank mergers of 2008 by Francesco GuerreraPresented by Patrick JenkinsProduced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We are joined by Angela Knight, the CEO of the British Bankers' Association to talk about; demands from politicians for breaking up the big banking groups; lending; pay and bonus reform - we ask whether firms have taken the national and international guidelines for reform seriously. Presented by Megan Murphy with Patrick JenkinsProduced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We take a look at the first half yearly results to come through on UK banks, starting with HSBC today and we also look at the funding of European banks.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Anousha Sakoui.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the podcast this week: We review the results from the stress testing of European banks, released on Friday. We ask what the market reaction has been and what real impact the results will have. We talk to the secretary of state for economic affairs in the Spanish government, José Manuel Campa about whether he thinks the tests will work in terms of reviving the confidence in the markets.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, the FT's banking editor, with markets correspondent, David Oakley in the studio.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s podcast: What does the UK Financial Investments’ appointment of Jim O’Neil suggest? Also: what does Goldman Sachs' settlement of $500m mean for other banks? We discuss the implications of the Basel concept of counter cyclical buffers; and a final update on stress testing ahead of the results this Friday.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Miles JohnsonProduced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's podcast: We take a look at the new high street bank to be launched, backed by some high-profile individuals; we turn our attention to the suggestion by Alessandro Profumo, chief executive of Italy’s UniCredit, that there should be a European recovery fund set up for banks; we ask whether the stress-tests results due at the end of next week are going to be credible; we review the general regulatory environment in Europe.Presented by Patrick Jenkins, with Sharlene Goff and Brooke Masters.Produced by LJ Filotrani Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.